Tromsø
Tromsø kommune Romssa Suohkan | |
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 Coat airms  Troms within Norawa | |
 Tromsø within Troms | |
| Coordinates: 69°40′58″N 18°56′34″E / 69.68278°N 18.94278°ECoordinates: 69°40′58″N 18°56′34″E / 69.68278°N 18.94278°E | |
| Kintra | Norawa |
| Coonty | Troms |
| Destrict | Nord-Troms |
| Admeenistrative centre | Tromsø |
| Govrenment | |
| • Mayor (2011) | Jens Johan Hjort (H) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 2520.11 km2 (973.02 sq mi) |
| • Laund | 2473.36 km2 (954.97 sq mi) |
| • Water | 46.75 km2 (18.05 sq mi) |
| Area rank | #18 in Norawa |
| Population (2012) | |
| • Total | 71,590 |
| • Rank | #8 in Norawa |
| • Density | 27.9/km2 (72/sq mi) |
| • Change (10 years) | 14.2% |
| Demonym(s) | Tromsøværing[1] |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | NO-1902 |
| Offeecial leid form | Neutral |
| Website | tromso |
Tromsø (Northren Sami: Romsa;[2] Kven: Tromssa) is a ceety an municipality in Troms county, Norawa. The admeenistrative centre o the municipality is the ceety o Tromsø.
Tromsø ceety is the nint lairgest urban aurie in Norawa bi population,[3] an the seivent lairgest ceety in Norawa bi population.[4] It is the lairgest ceety an the lairgest urban aurie in Northren Norawa, an the seicont lairgest ceety an urban aurie in Sápmi (follaein Murmansk).
Internaitional relations
[eedit | edit soorce]Twin touns — Sister ceeties
[eedit | edit soorce]Tromsø haes eleiven twin touns an sister ceeties:[5]
| Sister ceety | Syne | Kintra |
|---|---|---|
| Kemi | 1940 |  |
| Luleå | 1950 |  |
| Ringkøbing | 1950 |  |
| Grimsby | 1961 |  |
| Pune | 1966 |  |
| Anchorage | 1969 |  |
| Zagreb | 1971 |  |
| Murmansk | 1972 |  |
| Quetzaltenango | 1999 |  |
| Gaza | 2001 |  |
| Nadym | 2008 | |
References
[eedit | edit soorce]- ↑ "Navn på steder og personer: Innbyggjarnamn" (in Norn). Språkrådet. Retrieved 1 December 2015.
- ↑ Erroneously, the Sámi name is aften believed tae be "Romssa". This is acause "Tromsø Municipality" is "Romssa Suohkan". Romssa, housomeivver is the genitive case, so that "Romssa Suohkan" translates tae "the Municipality of Romsa".
- ↑ Norse Wikipedia, (in Norse)
- ↑ Norwegian Wikipedia, (in Norse)
- ↑ List of twin towns from Tromsø municipality (Norwegian) Archived 2007-10-27 at the Wayback Machine
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